Re: Pump Nozzle loads

From: <Christopher>
Date: Sun Sep 16 2001 - 15:02:00 EDT

> Any
>suggestions from dear and experienced membsers to tame
>this loads ( forces and moments)within allowable?
Some of the problem may be overly-conservative assumptions of the stiffness of the pump mounting. Assuming that a pipe is rigidly fixed, does indeed result in high forces, but in fact truly rigid fixity is rare, if it even exists. It's always a good idea to back check the effects of your piping endloads on the pump or anchorage to see if the assumed support condition truly exists, especially if you're getting very high loads.

As an associated point, the assumption of regid fixity may also affect the piping analysis. I've had to deal with piping systems where a light piece of equipment was taken as a point of fixity, when in fact there was very little support provided to the piping system. There was good reason to believe that the piping system would have been overstressed as a result.

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<a href="http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw">http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw</a> Received on Sun Sep 16 15:02:00 2001